Track Racing

Big Ups to Braden from Carytown Bikes for putting on some awesome track races at the Midlothian Speedway. Thanks also to Carolyn Goble for officiating for free just because she loves the sport.

I think this is the 3rd time I've ever jumped on a track bike. We are lucky enough that the track has loaner frames, but unfortunately the biggest size they had was a 54 (I usually ride a 57). I decided to man up and jack that seatpost up and try to git'r done.

I'll be the first to admit that track racing is not exactly my cup of tea. I like to push big gears, I don't like to sprint, I'm terrible at spinning. That being said, I'm using this as a learning opportunity and a chance to increase my sprint some.

Race #1
1 Lap TT
Lol, what a joke for me. Man I can not spin at all, or turn for that matter. I must have been corner 8ft from the inside of the track through the whole last turn. Old man Dan King smoked it and showed us youngins how to really race bikes.

Race #2
20min unknown
Well, I was never going to win a sprint. Took me about 2 laps before I launched with a whole foods rider. We did pretty well rotating and holding off the field and motorin Andrew Troy came up to us a little later. Coming into the bell lap it was still the 3 of us off together. I tried to get the jump on Andrew on the backside of the course and win the race to the final turn, but he held me off on the inside and I was forced to go the long way around. Fail! 2nd place to a mush smarter and faster rider.

Race #3
Points Race
Same strategy, didn't quite work as well this time. I got 2nd in the first sprint and took off, winning the next one out of a small group. My legs decided to stop working after that and I fell back to the main group as riders went off the front. Don't think I scored anymore point after that.

All in all, I had a blast. Can't wait to do this again